Thursday, September 2, 2010

Our Guests, David Gomez (C) and Anesha Carroll (R)

Hello Toastmasters and Guests, 

Thankfully, we were able to hold our meeting today despite the impending hurricane Earl. Earl was gracious enough to pass us by and spare us from potential torrential rains and power outage.

We had 15 members in attendance and 2 guests. David Gomez and Anesha Carroll were first time visitors to our Toastmasters club. It was a pleasure to meet both of you and we hope to see you again!

New Member induction took place. Victor Lopez is now officially sworn into the Club. 

Congratulations, Victor. We wish you all success!

Today was a little unsual as we held Contest Night. We had speakers participate in both Humorous Speech Contest and Evaluation Contest. John Harman was Contest Master. Chief Judge was Rick Boyer. Judges were Tim Tonkovic, Nancy Hogg, and  Juan Alvez. Evaulation Contest participants were Danita Fox and Matt Phillips. Humorous Speech contest were Stanley Dalziel and Matt Phillips.

Frank Connelly's Test Speech opened the contest night. Frank talked about an event that took place in the Grand Canyon 35 years ago. Frank recently revisited the Grand Canyon with his wife where he was reminded of the experience that helped save his life many years ago. Frank spoke of the unconditional Love that embraces everyone, despite the mistakes and failures they commit.

First contest speaker was Stanley Dalziel with his speech, "Real Life Is Easy". Stanley has been blessed with an ability to find humor in even the most sad of situations. He shared about his late grandmother's sense of humor and his experience of saying final goodbyes at her funeral. 

Second contest speaker was Matt Phillips with his speech, "Five Guiding Principles to Parenting". Matt talked about his experience of becoming a parent for the first time and gave advice to how to survive as a parent. Matt, your speech was hilarious!

We still had Table Topics which took place between the speeches.

Table Topics Master was Stacey Wallace. Table Topics Speakers were John Harman, Wade Miner, Magda Brugos, Juan Alvez, Nancy Hogg, and Victor Lopez. Speakers answered various questions about their previous contest experience and gave advice on how to best prepare for a contest. They also had to plan a perfect Labor Day and a Hurricane Party. They all did great. Table Topics is one of the best opportunities to pratice your "off the cuff" speaking skills so volunteer to speak whenever you can.

WINNERS OF TODAY'S CONTEST WERE:

Best Humorous Speech

Stanley Dalziel, 1st Place

Matt Phillips, 2nd Place

Best Evaluator

Danita Fox, 1st Place

Matt Phillips, 2nd Place

Both Stanley and Danita are moving on to Area Contest to represent Oyster Point Speakers Club! Congratulations!

Best Table Topics

Nancy Hogg and Victor Lopez / TIE

Congratulations!

It's Membership Renewal time. Deadline is September 30. 

$39 for 6 months or $78 for whole year. It comes down to $3.25 for one class/meeting! Where else can you get such a deal? Remember to bring a check to next meeting or mail it to Janet Krenn, Club Treasurer. If you have questions, please email: ops-officers@freetoasthost.info

Thank you,

Magda Brugos

OPS Club Secretary